University of Kent

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Kent is a leading academic institution: 97% of our research was judged to be of international quality in the Research Excellence Framework. We are a forward-thinking research institution, committed to the transformative power of education and research and to the development and support of our students and staff.
Our objective is to secure our position as a top 20 UK university and be a gl...obally recognised research institution by 2020. We will achieve this through The delivery of research of the highest quality, meeting international standards of excellence across the full range of our subjects, The provision of an excellent education to our students, delivered by world-class researchers, Strengthening our reputation for excellence, regionally, nationally and internationally, through effective engagement and communication with our communities and the wider world
By 2020, we will have firmly secured our position as a UK top twenty university and be a globally recognised research institution. We will build on our distinctive position as the UK’s European university to extend our reach and impact across the world and become a beacon of excellence in education and research in our region, the UK and internationally. Our global reputation will be built on the application of our knowledge and expertise to find solutions to some of the world’s major challenges.
We aim to attain the highest standards of research, judged by international comparators, across our range of subjects; to raise Kent’s research standing and visibility worldwide and embed a research culture in our academic and innovation activities.
We aim to provide an excellent education, delivered by world-class researchers and accomplished educators, to all those who have the ability and are ambitious and motivated to learn. We will do this through the provision of programmes informed by our research and designed to reflect contemporary and societal issues and which take full advantage of the facilities and resources at all our study locations.
We aim to build a clear and distinctive reputation for excellence through strategic engagement and good communications with our regional, national and international communities, and to increase engagement with our students, staff, alumni and stakeholders in support of our ambition to become recognised as an institution of international calibre.
The University of Kent is a self-governing autonomous institution set up by Royal Charter 1965. The Charter sets out its overall constitution, and is supplemented by statutes and ordinances that provide more detail as to how the University operates in practice.
This web site provides links to these key constitutional documents and the records of the key governing bodies of the University: the Council and its sub committees that overall have responsibility for the governance of the institution; the Senate, which has responsibility for the academic work of the University; Senior Leadership Forum and the Executive Group.
The University of Kent is a founding signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum. Signed in 1988, the Charta is a commitment to institutional autonomy for universities, the link between teaching and research, academic freedom and the internationalism of higher learning. The Charta has an associated Observatory that gathers information and forms opinion from signatory institutions to promote fundamental university values.